Issue 25293 fix date format for fields (#25521)

* #25293: return date fields as timestamp in content map to fix date format

* #25293: fix import statements

* #25293: added test to check date format for content map

* #25293: fixed expected date format in test

dotCMS/src/integration-test/java/com/dotcms/rendering/velocity/viewtools/content/ContentMapTest.java

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import com.dotcms.contenttype.model.field.ImmutableFieldVariable;
 import com.dotcms.contenttype.model.field.RelationshipField;
 import com.dotcms.contenttype.model.field.TextField;
+import com.dotcms.contenttype.model.field.DateField;
 import com.dotcms.contenttype.model.type.ContentType;
 import com.dotcms.contenttype.model.type.ContentTypeBuilder;
 import com.dotcms.contenttype.model.type.SimpleContentType;
@@ -42,6 +43,10 @@
 import com.dotmarketing.util.PageMode;
 import com.dotmarketing.util.WebKeys.Relationship.RELATIONSHIP_CARDINALITY;
 import com.liferay.portal.model.User;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.text.DecimalFormat;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -276,6 +281,58 @@ public void testGetRelationshipFieldFromContentMapWithMultilingualRelatedContent
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testGetDateFieldFromContentMap() throws DotDataException, DotSecurityException {
+        ContentType contentType = null;
+        try {
+            final Date contentDate = new Date();
+
+            contentType = createContentType("testContentTypeWithDateField");
+
+            // create date field
+            createDateField("testDateField", contentType.id());
+
+            // create contentlet
+            final ContentletDataGen contentletDataGen = new ContentletDataGen(contentType.id());
+            final Contentlet contentlet = contentletDataGen
+                    .setProperty("testDateField", contentDate).next();
+
+            // verify contentlet date field format
+            final Context velocityContext = mock(Context.class);
+
+            final ContentMap contentMap = new ContentMap(contentlet,
+                    userAPI.getAnonymousUser(),
+                    PageMode.LIVE, defaultHost, velocityContext);
+
+            final Date resultDate = (Date) contentMap.get("testDateField");
+            assertNotNull(resultDate);
+
+            final SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(
+                    "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS");
+            final String formattedExpectedDate = dateFormat.format(contentDate);
+            final String dateWithTrailingDigits = resultDate.toString();
+
+            final int startIndex = dateWithTrailingDigits.lastIndexOf('.');
+            String formattedResultDate = dateWithTrailingDigits;
+            if (startIndex > 1) {
+                final int endIndex = Math.min(startIndex + 4, dateWithTrailingDigits.length());
+                BigDecimal trailingDigits = new BigDecimal(
+                        dateWithTrailingDigits.substring(startIndex - 1, endIndex));
+                DecimalFormat decimalFormat = new DecimalFormat("0.000");
+                formattedResultDate =
+                        dateWithTrailingDigits.substring(0, startIndex - 1) +
+                        decimalFormat.format(trailingDigits);
+            }
+
+            assertEquals(formattedExpectedDate, formattedResultDate);
+
+        } finally {
+            if (contentType != null) {
+                contentTypeAPI.delete(contentType);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      *
      * @param name
@@ -325,4 +382,21 @@ private Field createRelationshipField(final String relationshipName, final Strin
         return fieldAPI.save(field, user);
     }
 
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param fieldName
+     * @param contentTypeId
+     * @return
+     * @throws DotSecurityException
+     * @throws DotDataException
+     */
+    private Field createDateField(final String fieldName, final String contentTypeId)
+            throws DotSecurityException, DotDataException {
+
+        final Field field = FieldBuilder.builder(DateField.class).name(fieldName)
+                .contentTypeId(contentTypeId).build();
+
+        return fieldAPI.save(field, user);
+    }
+
 }

dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotcms/rendering/velocity/viewtools/content/ContentMap.java

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 /**
@@ -402,6 +402,11 @@ public String toString() {
 				ret = conAPI.getFieldValue(content, f);
 			}
 
+			// if return value is date, convert to timestamp to be used in velocity
+			if (ret instanceof Date && !(ret instanceof Timestamp)) {
+				ret = new Timestamp(((Date) ret).getTime());
+			}
+
 			//handle Velocity Code
 			if(parseVelocity && ret != null && (f == null || f.getFieldType().equals(Field.FieldType.TEXT.toString()) || f.getFieldType().equals(Field.FieldType.TEXT_AREA.toString()) || f.getFieldType().equals(Field.FieldType.CUSTOM_FIELD.toString()) || f.getFieldType().equals(Field.FieldType.WYSIWYG.toString())) && (ret.toString().contains("#") || ret.toString().contains("$"))){
 				VelocityEngine ve = VelocityUtil.getEngine();